High Risk

Multiple options. Contradictory advice. And a deadline that's approaching fast. Many taxpayers find themselves in this situation at the beginning of the year when they have to make tax-saving investments. Are you also confused? Before you make a choice, go through our cover story to know which is the best option for you. We have ranked 10 of the most common investments under Section 80C on five basic parameters: returns, safety, flexibility, liquidity and taxability. Every investment has its pros and cons.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant today informed the state Legislative Assembly that according to a survey, 30 per cent of women in urban areas of the state face the risk of breast cancer. Sawant, in a written reply to Madhuri Misal (BJP), said the survey conducted by a Pune-based private organisation revealed that 30 per cent of women in cities of Maharashtra face the risk of developing breast cancer. The survey was released last...

NEW DELHI: Fearing possible flow of black money into the system through jewellers and bullion dealers, RBI has asked banks to treat such entities as 'high risk' customers and subject their accounts to strict monitoring. The business transactions of jewellers and bullion dealers are highly cash intensive in nature and it is feared that they could be used for flow of black money into the banking system. In order to check any possible money laundering...

In a chat with ET Now, Sajiv Dhawan , MD, JV Capital Services , gives his views on the market. Excerpts: ET Now: Couple of midcaps which have been active this week, there are numbers that came out on Exide which were bad and couple of other stocks like IRB which have got hammered as well. Any one of these that you particularly have a view on? Sajiv Dhawan: Not particularly. While I would say on the midcaps, they remain high risk. The markets and the FII...

MUMBAI: Moving ahead with new framework for risk-based supervision of market entities, leading bourse NSE today asked its members to collate and submit details in this regard for the first half of the current fiscal. The data has to be submitted only in electronic form by March 16. In a circular today, the NSE said members are "to collate data/details required for the risk assessment template for the half year ended September 30, 2014". A similar circular was also issued...

UNITED NATIONS: Two of the most powerful members of the UN Security Council are rejecting Libya's call to lift a UN arms embargo so it can defend itself against the Islamic State group, saying Thursday that the chaotic country needs a national unity government first. Libya's foreign minister told an emergency council meeting Wednesday that lifting the embargo is necessary as the militant group establishes a presence in northern Africa and moves closer to...

MUMBAI: Rating agency Icra has warned investors that the new hybrid securities that banks are planning to issue will carry higher risk than the traditional bonds issued by banks until now. The rating agency has said the lower rating will result in investors demanding a premium for investing in these instruments, which will make them costlier than traditional bonds for banks. In a statement issued here, the rating agency said that banks are likely to raise money by...

SYDNEY: Australia on Monday said there was a "high risk" of an extremist attack during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, in a travel warning that follows a gun attack on tourists in the Indian capital. "There is a high risk of terrorist attack in New Delhi," said the updated travel bulletin from Australia's foreign department. "Australians in New Delhi should be aware that the Commonwealth Games will be held in a security...

NEW DELHI: Delhi is among thirty important cities in the country that fall into high risk seismic zone while Srinagar is among places at very high risk of earthquakes, the government said. Minister of state for home affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said this in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. While Delhi, Amritsar and Chandigarh fall under zone IV (high risk), Srinagar comes under zone V (very high risk), he said. As per...

Prakash Diwan, Head–Institutional Clients Group, Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates Ltd. talks to ET Now on various stocks. What do you think of Titan, is it a high risk, high return? On the high risk, high return, I would venture out into a mid-cap. On the mid-cap side, I would still go in for the old favourite that's Titan. It continues to have the capacity to deliver great returns but with the high beta, which is attached to it.

NEW DELHI: To strengthen its surveillance activities, capital markets watchdog Sebi is planning to conduct 'profiling' of major investors in different segments of the market to understand their trading patterns and the impact on the market. This follows Sebi having put in place mechanisms for risk profiling of the brokers and listed companies so as to understand the associated risk. The issue assumes significance as trading moves of some large investors can often...

NEW DELHI: As stock market authorities prepare a new framework for risk-based supervision of various market entities, top exchanges BSE and NSE have extended the deadline for brokers to submit necessary details for putting in place this new model. The two exchanges had earlier asked their members to provide necessary details by December 24 for this risk-based supervision module. In a new circular, BSE has now said that the timeline to submit the necessary...

NEW DELHI: Leading stock exchange BSE has initiated a process of putting in place a new risk-based model for supervision of market entities including brokers, taking forward a new model proposed by regulator Sebi in this regard. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has decided to adopt this new supervision model, based on level of risks posed by a market entity, to help it better regulate the marketplace and strengthen its surveillance system. "In order to...

NEW DELHI: To help it better regulate the marketplace and strengthen its surveillance system, regulator Sebi has decided to adopt a supervision model based on risk levels for various market entities including brokers and mutual funds. Under the new model, various market entities would be divided into four groups -- very low risk, low risk, medium risk and high risk -- and the quantum of surveillance and number of inspections would increase as per the risk level....

Sandeep Bharadwaj , Head India Equities, Derivium Tradition, talks to ET Now on various stocks. For the month and for the quarter, what is your high-risk, high-return idea and what is your low-risk, low return idea? High risk high return, it is a difficult one in this scenario but Crompton Greaves as a short is a high risk, high return. The company will face a lot of problems in the coming quarters because of its European exposure and the...

In an interview to ET Now, Sangeeta Purushottam , Managing Director, Nine Rivers Capital gives his view on ADAG group stocks. Is the merit in revisiting ADAG group stocks this could be high risk high return idea, they are laden with that and one makes an assumption that interest rate cycle will eventually peak out in next two or three quarters. It makes sense to go ahead and buy companies, which currently have a high gearing ratio? ...

NEW DELHI: Six people deemed "high risk" Ebola suspects were on Monday admitted to a quarantine facility at Delhi airport, health ministry said. The suspects were among 181 passengers who arrived in India from the affected western African countries. As of today, the ministry said, as many as 816 passengers were being tracked by authorities under Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme. These passengers are those who carried certain risk...